A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



AciDALIlDit {continued) 



Acidalia rubiginata, Huf. Ashton-on-Mency ; 

 recorded by Chappell 



— trigeminata, Haw.l Very local on some 



— cmarginata, L. J of the mosses 



— marginipunctata, Goeze. SilverdaU 



only 



— circillata, Gn. Formerly on Chat Moss 



but now supposed to be extinct 

 Caberid^ 



Cabera. All our species occur not un- 

 commonly 

 Bapta tcmerata, Hb. Local 



— bimaculata, F. Only from Grange 

 Macaiuid^ 



Macaria alternata, Hb. Recorded from 

 Windermere only 



— liturata, Clerck. Generally distributed 

 Halia wavaria, L. Not uncommon in 



kitchen gardens 



FlDONIID^ 



Strenia clathrata, L. Near Carnforth 



Panagra petraria, Hb. St her dale. Chat 

 Moss 



Numeria pulveraria, L. Very occasional 



Scodiona belgiaria, Hb. On most of the 

 heaths and mosses 



Selidosema ericetaria, Vill. Very local ; 

 Pilling Moss, near Preston 



Ematurga atomaria, L. Common on all 

 the heaths and mosses 



Bupalus piniaria, L. Common in fir 

 woods, more especially on the 

 mosses 



Sterrha sacraria, L. One specimen taken 

 by Mr. S. J. Capper at Huyton near 

 Liverpfl, and one in Manchester. 

 The species formerly occurred ap- 

 parently not uncommonly on the 

 sandhills, but has not been taken 

 there for many years 



Aspilates strigillaria, Hb. Generally on 

 the mosses 

 Zerenid^ 



Abraxas grossulariata, L. Abundant every- 

 where. This was a favourite subject 

 for variety breeding by C. S. Gregson, 

 and in his collection (now in the 

 possession of Mr. Sydney Webb of 

 Dover) some extraordinary aberra- 

 tions are to be found 



— sylvata. Scop. Local, but generally 



distributed 



Ligdia adustata, SchifF. Grange district 

 only 



Lomaspilis marginata, L. Generally abun- 

 dant 

 Hybernud^ 



Hybcrnia. All our species occur more or 

 less commonly 



Hybernhd^ {continued) 



Anisopteryx aescularia, SchifF. Aigburth, 

 Manchester and Preston 

 Larentudj*: 



Chiematobia brumata, L. Abundant 



— boreata, Htlbn. Local ; Chat Moss, etc. 

 Oporabia dilutata. Common 



— filigrammaria. Not uncommon on the 



moors 

 Larentia didymata, L. Generally common 



— multistrigaria. Haw. „ „ 



— viridaria, Fb. „ „ 



— caesiata, Lang, "j Occur not uncom- 



— salicata, Hub. V monly on the 



— olivata, Bork. J moors 

 Emmelesia albutata, SchifF. Common 



— decolorata, Hb. „ 

 — • affinitata. Scarce and local 



— alchemillata, L. „ „ 



— vmiiksciata, Haw. „ „ 



— tsniata, St. Only occurs in the ex- 



treme north, IVindermere, Silverdale, 

 etc. 

 Eupithecia. Of this large genus the greater 

 part occur in the county 



— oblongata, Thunb. Common 



— castigata, Hb. „ 



— virgaureata, Crewe. „ 



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